18 chronicle entries dated 14 March, spanning 17 years. Each records only time, place and people or organisations, with the source file and page number. Entries from volumes not yet published are not filled in, and no nearby date is substituted.
同一日日子相同、年份唔同 —— 唔一定同一件事。 · 志錄大事 · 全年份索引 · 呢日嘅 JSONSame calendar day, different years — not necessarily the same event.
涉及地點香港、港澳碼頭、旺角彌敦道、日本大阪、九龍、香港仔隧道、沙田中央公園Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事) Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events)
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1844#〈條目編號〉
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On 14 March 1844, the British firm Jardine Matheson moved its headquarters to Hong Kong and set up its office at East Point, a plot the company had acquired at Hong Kong's first land auction.
On 14 March 1895, the Hong Kong Government ordered that all shan-tsai-kwun had to complete registration within two days, with heavy penalties for violators.
From 14 March 1919, the Fire Brigade added an ambulance transport service, dispatching one driver and three ambulancemen per vehicle on round-the-clock duty 24 hours a day.
On 14 March 1962, the High Court ruled in the 'Three Wolves case', finding Lee Wai, Ma Kwong-chan and Ngai Ping-kin guilty of murdering Wong Ying-kau and Tang Tin-fuk and sentencing them to death.
On 14 March 1964, the Hong Kong and Macau Ferry Pier saw the maiden voyage of the 'Loh Kwan', Hong Kong's first hydrofoil introduced by Shun Tak Shipping Company, which began regular passenger service between Hong Kong and Macau the following day.
On 14 March 1966, a fire broke out at the Chung Kiu Company on Nathan Road in Mong Kok, destroying the entire building and causing 4 deaths and 17 injuries.
On 14 March 1970, Hong Kong first participated in the World Exposition in Osaka, Japan; on 19 March, Hong Kong Day celebrations were hosted by the Hong Kong Pavilion; the exposition closed on 13 September, with about 9.19 million visits to the Hong Kong Pavilion.
From 14 March 1972, visa applications by Taiwan residents, Commonwealth citizens in Taiwan, and foreign nationals wishing to travel to Hong Kong or the United Kingdom were handled by the Hong Kong Immigration Department; the British Consulate in Taipei ceased operation on the same day, with its duties transferred accordingly.
The initially established hawker permitted areas covered twenty streets in Kowloon and stipulated that hawkers could operate only during designated hours each day.
On 14 March 1984, the Legislative Council passed a non-binding motion moved by Roger Lobo requiring that any final agreement on Hong Kong's future be submitted to the Legislative Council for debate first.
On 14 March 2006, KCR marketing general manager Lai Kai-hin, together with 19 senior staff, publicly demanded the resignation of chairman Michael Tien.
The archive holds 36501 entries, of which 8766 are dated to an exact day — those are the only ones used here. Entries dated only to a month or a year are never forced into a day. Coverage reflects published volumes only; missing years are not filled in.